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Florida Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

FSIPP is THE voice for interventional pain physicians.

FSIPP has been a leader in promoting fair legislation, access to care and protecting reimbursement. We continue to educate payors, state officials and organizations regarding our area of expertise. We must take ownership of our speciality, promote well developed research and continue to expand our mission in the public and political arena.

Our Mission

To promote the development and practice of safe, high quality, cost-effective interventional pain management techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders, and to ensure patient access to interventional pain medicine (or management) doctors and these treatments in the State of Florida.

Events

Conference 2016 - Thanks to all who attended!

Latest News & Alerts

No More Interventional Techniques in Oregon - Soon It Could Be Your State

Just 6 days to show you stand against the sweeping recommendation to eliminate coverage for spinal interventional techniques in Oregon.

The Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission, without fanfare and without even looking at the literature appropriately, is eliminating coverage for what appears to be ALL spinal interventional techniques, now or in the next few months. They have issued draft coverage guidance strongly recommending against coverage for epidural, facet joint, medial branch, and sacroiliac joint injections for low back pain, regardless of etiology.

The purpose of this information is to help your hospital administrators and leading clinicians submit comments to CMS about its proposed reimbursement reduction for vertebral augmentation in CY17. Based upon Medicare's own data, Vertebral Augmentation should be reassigned to a Level 5 procedure. The suggested comment below needs to be submitted to CMS before September 6, 2016 @ 5pm (est). It is very easy to submit an online comment via this link:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning about several safety issues with the entire class of opioid pain medicines. These safety risks are potentially harmful interactions with numerous other medications, problems with the adrenal glands, and decreased sex hormone levels. We are requiring changes to the labels of all opioid drugs to warn about these risks.

MGMA is recommending that all physicians, healthcare facility groups and hospitals apply for the meaningful use hardship exception. The reason being, is that even if you have already attested, we have no idea how CMS will handle these attestations, as they were so late in clarifying the measures. Additionally, some of you are counting on your EHR or registry to successfully submit your data, which may not happen.
This will not prevent you from a bonus if your attestation is successful and you are in a bonus category. But if anything goes wrong it will prevent you from a 3% cut on all Medicare claims in 2019. The deadline for submitting the hardship extension is March 15, 2016.

FSIPP in the News:

Bills, FDA Can Help Deter Abuse of Prescription Opioids

Harold Cordner, MD

The use of opioids to treat acute and chronic nonmalignant and malignant pain has steadily increased since the late 1990s. With this increase in opioid use, prescription opioid abuse increased to epidemic proportions. In 2012, an estimated 2.1 million Americans suffered through substance-abuse problems related to prescription opioid pain relievers. Florida was the epicenter of prescription-drug abuse, overdose deaths and "pill mills."

Since 2010, the state of Florida has drastically reduced the accidental deaths due to prescription opioid abuse through legislation, the enactment of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, the crackdown on pill mills and other means.

DEA Reacts to Accusations Made at Pharmacy Board Hearing

FSIPP President Harold L Dalton, DO in attendance.

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. —Fear of the DEA has been a recurring theme in the WESH 2 News ongoing investigation of Florida's prescription drug problem. Patients with real health issues are being denied the medication.

The DEA said it would answer those accusations at Florida's Board of Pharmacy hearing Monday.

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Associations

Our parent organization is ASIPP, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Visit ASIPPs website, for a bountiful resource for pain practitioners, and to review a list of ASIPPs accomplishments which have greatly benefited both pain patients and pain physicians.

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